CVE-2022-25878: protobufjs_project protobufjs Prototype Pollution

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-25878 is a high (CVSS 8.2) Prototype Pollution vulnerability in protobufjs_project protobufjs. EPSS estimates a 2.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 27-05-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The package protobufjs before 6.11.3 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution which can allow an attacker to add/modify properties of the Object.prototype. This vulnerability can occur in multiple ways: 1. by providing untrusted user input to util.setProperty or to ReflectionObject.setParsedOption functions 2. by parsing/loading .proto files

• CWE-1321Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')The product receives input from an upstream component that specifies attributes that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control modifications of attributes of the object prototype.